Oh! Golly it’s Friday. I was totally immersed in research. Well, so here are my studies for the day. First, continuing my thoughts on meteorites, I discovered that there is a quarry in Sweden where meteorites, that fell hundreds of millions of years ago are preserved in the limestone. We aren’t talking big stuff, but [...]
Falling rock — Update
(I added citations to the story and rearranged my poor chronology!) I’ve been looking up stories about meteorites and impact craters in Iowa. (Mostly.) There are two very ancient and very large impact structures, one 74 millions years old near Manson, Iowa and the second near Decorah, from 458 million years ago. Both structures were [...]
Dominic was he called …
Envoy and servant sooth he seemed of Christ,For the first love made manifest in himWas the first counsel that was given by Christ. Dante, Paradiso, Canto 12 August 8 was the Feast Day of Saint Dominic, founder of the Order of Preachers. I thought it would be entertaining to look up Dominican scientists and write [...]
Managing extra characters …
I like to pay attention to the way that other writers deal with certain common events in stories. One of them is the problem caused by more than one suitor. Fairy tales have one way of dealing with extra men… But it seems a little drastic in real life. L. M. Montgomery, author of the [...]
Mission creep, aka Pickles!
My refrigerator pickle recipe. *** Clean the pint jar(s) before you start! Wash them and then stick them in the microwave with water in them. When the water boils, take the jars out, empty the water, and turn them upside down on a clean towel. The two piece lids go in a saucepan on the [...]
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